On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:33:08 +0000, Keith Anderson wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:01:26 +0100, Martin wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:30:11 +0100, Tim C. wrote:
>>
>>>Following up to barney2@cix.compulink.co.uk :
>>>
>>>> The land looked somehow different, too
>>>>- maybe agricultural methods were not the same, or maybe the east and west
>>>>emphasised different crops. I don't know.
>>>
>>>Larger fields in the East.
>>
>>They were ones in the former GDR were collectivised, resulting in some of the
>>most efficiently farmed land in Europe, but nobody mentions that.
>
>And they even shoved a picture of combine harvesters on the back of
>their 5 Mark banknote!
It was something the EU didn't want to know about.
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Martin
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